Kouki Mojadidi is a licensed Architect and an alumna of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Practicing architecture since 2000 in New York City and Afghanistan, every project, for Kouki, establishes the importance of creative conceptual thinking as a process essential for implementing socially conscious projects in areas of conflict, natural disaster, and reconstruction. She has led complex design projects through all phases of development, from concept to implementation to create an inclusive architectural practice aiming to bridge implementing partners, builders with the community. For Kouki, socially conscious design is taking architecture beyond objectification; recognizing architecture to be more than a static physical reality. She implements projects that not only strive for exceptional design and construction but endeavors to strengthen the weakened threads of architectural practice pivotal to the fabric of society.

My head has been buried in the field of a war torn country for the past 4 - 1/2 years. I was an architect working within a developing NGO community in Kabul, Afghanistan. At the beginning, I arrived as an Architect that felt trapped in the life surrounded by a world-wide sea of creative-smart individuals absorbed and defined by a capitalistic“ show us what your made of ” market.

ARCHITECTURE THAT'S MORE THAN A STATIC PHYSICAL REALITY, ENDEAVORING TO STRENGTHEN THE WEAKENED THREADS OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE PIVOTAL TO THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY.